Pseudopolynesia amplificata Walker comb. n.

Pomasia amplificata Walker, 1861, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus ., 22: 658.

Diagnosis

See Polynesia curtitibia above. There is sexual dimorphism, females being marked orange where males are more red.

Taxonomic Notes

Bethune-Baker comb. n. (New Guinea) is related to amplificata. The taxa phanoides Debauche (Sulawesi) and praelustris Prout (S. Moluccas), originally described as subspecies of amplificata, are distinct from it, and perhaps better placed as races of hebe.

Geographical Range

Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Luzon.

Habitat Preference

The species has been recorded infrequently from a range of lowland forest types including dry heath forest. Two were taken at 1618m on Bukit Retak in Brunei.

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